{Animated oats} or {Animal oats} (Bot.), A grass ({Avena
sterilis}) much like oats, but with a long spirallytwisted awn which coils and uncoils with changes of
moisture, and thus gives the grains an apparentlyautomatic motion.

sow one's wild oats — {v. phr.} To do bad or foolish things, especially while you are young. * /Mr. Jones sowed his wild oats while he was in college, but now he is a wiser and better man./ … Dictionary of American idioms

sow one's wild oats — {v. phr.} To do bad or foolish things, especially while you are young. * /Mr. Jones sowed his wild oats while he was in college, but now he is a wiser and better man./ … Dictionary of American idioms

sow one's wild oats — idi sow one s wild oats, to have a youthful fling at reckless, indiscreet behavior … From formal English to slang

sow\ one's\ wild\ oats — v. phr. To do bad or foolish things, especially while you are young. Mr. Jones sowed his wild oats while he was in college, but now he is a wiser and better man … Словарь американских идиом

sow one's wild oats — verb a) To spread ones genes around by impregnating many females. b) To indulge in a period of irresponsible behavior … Wiktionary

To feel one's oats — Oat Oat ([=o]t), n.; pl. {Oats} ([=o]ts). [OE. ote, ate, AS. [=a]ta, akin to Fries. oat. Of uncertain origin.] 1. (Bot.) A well known cereal grass ({Avena sativa}), and its edible grain, used as food and fodder; commonly used in the plural and in … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Wild oats — Oat Oat ([=o]t), n.; pl. {Oats} ([=o]ts). [OE. ote, ate, AS. [=a]ta, akin to Fries. oat. Of uncertain origin.] 1. (Bot.) A well known cereal grass ({Avena sativa}), and its edible grain, used as food and fodder; commonly used in the plural and in … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English